As with every major release, a broad range of new features and enhancements to existing ones add value to our solutions, reinforce overall process consistency, accelerate user performance, and provide a considerable boost on productivity.

The highlights of our new software solutions are listed below.

Enhancements in ANSA

Data Management
New data types in the Model Browser have been added. With the new entities, Simulation Model, Load-case, and Simulation Run, the set-up of solver runs (main files) is further facilitated.Connections and assembly
Several new FE representations for spot-welds and seamlines, as well as for bolt models, such as the SOLID-WELD, SPR-RIVET, and PRESTRESSED ABAQUS BOLT, significantly accelerate the model build up phase and reduce the human error factor to the minimum.Solutions for Durability Analysis
A new Plugin item, named Test Impactor Positioner, has been added to simulate the positioning of a test device onto defined target points. This offers significant Output options related to target points, a defined SET item or even transformation cards (NMAP etc).Laminates
A brand new algorithm, Laminate Convert, converts shell single elements to multiple shell/solid/tshell elements with various connection types. This tool comes as an addition to the already existing one, Volumize Composites, to offer a complete and automated solution to the laminates conversion process.Morphing
Morphing capabilities are expanded with the addition of new tool called Parametric Design Change tool. With two main options, the Cross Section and the Position, constraints and flanges are automatically detected and modified accordingly, while smooth transition zones accelerate the mesh refinement process even more.Kinetics
Significant boost in Flex Body Simulation, as deformable bodies are now included in simulations. Through wizards, the user can create new or convert existing bodies to flex.
Furthermore, the Flex Tools Interface allows the display, transformation, comparison or conversion of existing flex bodies or modal reduced bodies.

Enhancements in Eπilysis

This version features a radical improvement in the stability and quality of Contact Capability, solved in SOL 400, NL-Static, as a small displacement formulation. There is a speed gain whenever Grid-Point Forces, Displacements and Element Strain Energy Data recovery is requested, throughout the available solutions.

Enhancements in µETA

Assembly-Loadcase Points (A/LC Points)
A new tool handles and visualizes important nodes for assemblies and loadcasing. The tool also supports the automatic creation and listing of Groups of nodes based on their names read from ANSA comments or from NASTRAN Field 10.Display Mesh
A new tool has been introduced for the creation or modification of 1D-element display models. The reduced model can be exported as a De******ionEL model in NASTRAN or UNV82 format.NVH Calculators & tools
The Modal Response and the FRF Assembly tools now support AVL Excite results in NASTRAN format and reading rpm information, order and excitation data when De******ionting curves.
The Modal Response and the Modal/FRF Correlations tools can now exclude residual modes from calculations, while the FRF Assembly tool can now perform load or sub-load participation analyses.
A new user-toolbar, named Directivity De******ion, has been introduced to create directivity and intensity De******ions.Managing Curve Data
3D (three-axis) De******ion types are now available. The new De******ion types are Waterfall, Colormap and MAC 3D. Additionally, for 2D De******ions a new De******ion type named Nyquist is available for De******ionting Real value X-axis vs Imaginary value Y-axis.Project Files
µETA Projects now support saving the per-solver type module structure, e.g. PamCrash MODULE, Abaqus INSTANCE, RADIOSS ID POOL, etc.Optimization
Three new User Toolbars are now available:
The Panel Thickness optimization, for processing NASTRAN SOL200 property thickness changes from .pch files. The Check Termination, for checking the termination status from Nastran SOL200 .f06 files. And SOL200 De******ion, for creating design response, design variable, sensitivity, saturation index, design objective and max. design constraint curves from Nastran SOL200 optimization results from the .f06 or .csv file produced by the PARAM XYUNIT parameter.

BETA CAE Systems S.A., headquartered in Thessaloniki, Greece, is a private engineering software company specialized in the development of state of the art CAE pre- and post-processing software systems. The company, focusing on meeting and exceeding customers' requirements, is committed to its mission to be the leading force in industrial CAE software solutions.